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Latina teacher fired for not regurgitating the same old crap
cross-posted at Feministe Yesterday while listening to Democracy Now! I heard about Karen Salazar for the first time. She is a high school teacher who was fired from her position at a school in LA because her curriculum was too “Afrocentric” – instead of, you know, the usual Eurocentric curriculum that’s delivered to American students…
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cross-border bullying
U.S. Border Patrol agents on the Mexico-U.S. border are apparently the frequent targets of rocks, bricks, and bottles hurled over the reprehensible walls and fences on the border. Their response? Firing tear gas and pepper spray canisters, which are wide effect weapons, into the neighborhoods of shanties where innocent people are just trying to survive.…
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ACTION ALERT: Support the Khalil Gibran International Academy
Monday, August 20, 6pm NYC Department of Education Tweed Courthouse, 52 Chambers Street Between Broadway & Centre St. in Manhattan Subways: 4, 5, 6, N, R, W, M, J, 2, 3, A, C This is fairly short notice for this alert, but I want to really encourage folks to show up Monday afternoon for a…
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Mi Puerto Rico
My dad called me up earlier tonight and told me to switch on channel 13, which is PBS here in the NYC area. I thought he was trying to tell me, yet again, that In the Life, a lesbian and gay news show, was on; my dad loves to tell me about every single remotely…
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Remind me never to even glance at FOXNews.com
For some clearly ridiculous reason, I decided to follow a Google News link to an article on the Faux News website. On their sidebars, there’s a video section. Three videos in a row had to do with immigration. I didn’t bother too look at any of them – I’m not that stupid, nor am I…
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migraphobia
Today’s post title comes to you from this funny and smart animation by Mark Fiore, which I discovered by reading a great post of the same name by Junichi over at Poplicks. Check that blog out for good reasons why we should be thankful that the immigration reform “compromise” bill wasn’t passed (and hopeful that…
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no one is illegal
let’s try that blog revival business one more time… The current weather in New York City: sunny, not a cloud in the sky that I can see, 57 degrees. Sounds like good weather for a protest. Soon as I am able, I’m leaving work and heading down towards City Hall for what will certainly be…
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Fuerza Bruta Imperialista: FBI abuse and intimidation in Puerto Rico
This is slightly old news, but still probably news that far too few have heard. On last Friday, February 10, FBI agents raided six private homes and one business in Puerto Rico in an attack of intimidation and repression against the Ejercito Popular Boricua (Boricua Popular Army). The raids were conducted under the pretense of…
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Nothing new in The New World
I’m really waiting for the Religious Right to flip out over the obvious immorality of this film – hello, pedophilia? When white America comes out with a movie that prominently features Native people, you can’t really expect much good to come of it, can you? So, when I saw the previews for Terrence Malick’s The…